Re: [EM] Declaration of Election-Method Experts and Enthusiasts: final stretch

2011-09-07 Thread Dave Ketchum
Noise, but possibly worth a response. In writing about a Condorcet race the standard format seems to be A>X>Y. For voting the ballot format seems to be to be able to assign rank numbers to as many of the candidates as the voter chooses. In reporting election results the n*n matrix has findab

Re: [EM] Declaration of Election-Method Experts and Enthusiasts: final stretch

2011-09-06 Thread robert bristow-johnson
still not sure of the efficacy of trying to persuade voters (or their elected representatives) to try out different ballot formats than ranked choice but... "... The n*n matrix used in Condorcet has information useful to those wanting to learn more about relationship of candidates. ..." w

Re: [EM] Declaration of Election-Method Experts and Enthusiasts: final stretch

2011-09-06 Thread Stéphane Rouillon
Ok, where do I sign up? On 2011-09-05 23:13, Dave Ketchum wrote: I finally got around to a bit. I see both Judgment and Judgement - can one be a typo? Declaration of Election-Method Experts and Enthusiasts Contents When there is a list of items, some taking more than one line, something, su

Re: [EM] Declaration of Election-Method Experts and Enthusiasts: final stretch

2011-09-05 Thread Dave Ketchum
I finally got around to a bit. I see both Judgment and Judgement - can one be a typo? Declaration of Election-Method Experts and Enthusiasts Contents When there is a list of items, some taking more than one line, something, such as indentation, should show start of each item. I see Enthusia